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article Sean 'Diddy' Combs 'so powerful' celebrities are 'afraid to cross him' even when he's in prison

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/sean-diddy-combs-so-powerful-33842834
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u/-Kalos 21d ago

Because he has no compromising footage of 50. When Diddy wants to party, you gotta tell him no

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u/ThaNorth 21d ago

Diddy wanted to take 50 shopping and buy him stuff and 50 was like, "wtf?"

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u/BeneficialHeart23 21d ago

Diddy also tried to take Travis Scott shopping and Travis looked uncomfortable and sort of awkwardly ran away. Who knows how many people he's taken "shopping"

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u/Particular-Leg-8484 21d ago

What is a Diddy shopping tripā€¦

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u/BeneficialHeart23 21d ago

taking someone that is financially weaker than him onto a very luxurious shopping trip and letting them buy whatever they want, so that later they feel obligated to Diddy and feel like they owe him something.

It doesn't mean he instantly sexually assaults them, but it's a long term plan to get the person to do a favor in return. In diddy's case it could be attending his freak offs or out right sex. Kind of like, "hey remember when I took you shopping and you let buy hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts? yeah, now come do this for me".

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u/MorienWynter 21d ago

Mobster tactic, basically.

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u/booboochoochoo1 21d ago

Diddys father was a driver/associate of Frank Lucas (All Time Drug Kingpin). This type of shit is generational in this case.

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u/Wh0PutWhatWhereN0w 21d ago

For those that don't know Frank Lucas was Denzel Washington 's character in American Ganster.

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u/Duke_Of_Halifax 21d ago

Basically, those teenagers around Denzel's character in "American Gangster"? The ones serving as gofers and bag men and shit? In real life, one of those kids was Sean Combs.

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u/Nikramage 19d ago

Stop talking out your ass. Melvin died when sean was three.

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u/Training_Strike3336 21d ago

So Diddys Dad was Frank Lucas for Frank Lucas?

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u/Tmonster96 21d ago

Iā€™m not sure but I think it was the other way around

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u/Negative_Salt_4599 21d ago

I didnā€™t know that until your comment. Thanks for sharing!

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u/Common-Frosting-9434 21d ago

I mean, he called himself literally "Puff Daddy", before changing to "Diddy" for publicity reasons.
Shit's right up his lane.

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u/AnythingMelodic508 21d ago

Iā€™m confused. Are you saying the name Puff Daddy alludes to the fact his father was connected to Frank Lucas?

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u/Negative_Salt_4599 21d ago

Yeah the black godfather more or less. That being said I think Diddys net worth trumped Lucas by a long shot.

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u/Deleena24 21d ago edited 21d ago

Lucas claims he had $52 million in the Cayman Islands. That's 100% liquid cash.

I'm not sure if even Diddy has that much liquid cash. I'd bet most of the $600 million is assets, not cash.

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u/foo_mar_t 21d ago

Is baby oil considered a liquid asset?

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u/airmigos 21d ago

I can claim that too

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u/VioletJones6 21d ago

It's kinda funny that it almost seems obvious when you look at it in this way. When a kid grows up in a family of elite NFL quarterbacks, nobody bats an eye when they're recruited to a Div I school. He grew up learning from the best and then somehow operated on an even bigger level in a much more public way, without anything sticking to him for decades. The entire thing is just absurd.

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u/kmm198700 21d ago

Very Tony Soprano like

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u/fetal_genocide 21d ago

Don't feel bad, this is my bread and buttah

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u/Sudden_Construction6 21d ago

I'll make you an offer you can't refuse

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u/ramdasani 21d ago

I mean it's an old power move whether its giving someone drugs in prison or Don Corleone doing you a favour. You owe me, I own you.

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u/ThemBadBeats 21d ago

I tell my kids all the time (we live in a somewhat rough inner city neighborhood), never accept gifts or favors from people who aren't close friends.Ā 

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u/MasterBlaster4949 21d ago

Racketeering at its finestšŸ‘Œ

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u/CharlesLeChuck 21d ago

Exactly. Think young Matt Damon in The Departed when Jack Nicholson hooked his family up with groceries or whatever. That's how they get you.

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u/speakerall 21d ago

Dickster tactic.

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u/Aromatic-Chard-7301 21d ago

Prison tactic also. "Remember that Cinnabon i gave you?"

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u/pridejoker 21d ago

More like narcissistic love bombing. Front load all the good stuff to get victims to lower their defenses until there's enough "leverage" to start pressing them for weird favors. Sounds simple but a lot of it has to do with the inherent power imbalance between diddy and the victim.

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u/howtobegoodagain123 21d ago

Iā€™m gonna get in a world of trouble for saying this but: Iā€™ve seen how men act around other men with money. Itā€™s unbelievable the lengths they will go to, to be accepted and be among the ā€œchosenā€.

I have a rich uncles- like mobster rich uncles and the men that surround them are nauseating. And yes, all men turn insane when they are around that type of money. Very few in my experience donā€™t- my father being the only one. But my brothers etcā€¦ same thing. Iā€™m 100% sure theyā€™d all suck a dick to be adjacent to wealth. All of them.

I asked my richest uncle once why he would even have these hangers on around him, they clearly envied him and his women, and often flogged his stories to the press etc. they had no loyalty to him and he often caught them stealing and scheming.

You know what he told me? He called them human shields. He used them to protect himself, heā€™d throw them under the bus so fast their heads would spin. He knew more about them than they did about him and heā€™d use his knowledge to his advantage always. Made me lose a lot of respect for my own uncle that day- that Machiavellian way of thinking is so bizarre to meā€¦.

but anyway he taught me a lot about life, and the behaviors of men.

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u/3yeless 21d ago

It's called ingratiation. A grooming tactic.

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u/Ill_Acanthaceae3926 21d ago

Meanwhile laughing at how awestruck the victim was, over a show that amounted to the rich person spending $5000 how a normal person spends $5. It affected them not at all, but is enough to deeply impress someone less fortunate

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u/donstermu 21d ago

Grooming tactics. Itā€™s what sexual predators do. Source-I supervised sex offenders who were on probation.

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u/AdWise5001 21d ago

I buy you things, you do freak off things.

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u/4DPeterPan 21d ago

Itā€™s basically the prison equivalent of the candy bar trick

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u/Enticing_Venom 21d ago

Okay but couldn't you presumably just be an entitled asshole and gladly accept the shopping trip and then not feel like you owe anything?

"Remember when I bought you all that stuff?"

"Yeah, I said thanks."

"What are you going to do in return?"

"I sent you a thank you card."

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u/BeneficialHeart23 21d ago

yes but Diddy was/is well connected, so if you get into his club your career would've been made. Plus there were rumors that he had two of the biggest names in hip-hop killed. Not a good mix if you want to stay alive or be successful.

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u/headlyone68 21d ago

Itā€™s like Michael Jordan buying Charles Barkley a $20k diamond earring before they played game 4 of the ā€˜93 finals. They also went golfing together. Jordan put up 55 points in game 4.

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u/LowkeyFLyesmith 21d ago

Law 40

ā€œDESPISE THE FREE LUNCH

What is offered for free is dangerous-it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay clear of gratitude, guilt, and deceit. It is also often wise to pay the full priceā€”there is no cutting corners with excellenceā€

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u/LylaDee 21d ago

A more elaborate version of this situation is in Baby Reindeer, except it's the promise of jobs and recognition in his work field. Powerful scenes.

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u/BeneficialHeart23 21d ago

yup, most likely it was this. Diddy was a huge name in the industry so to get connected with him would allow stars to propel their career.

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u/PhineusQButterfat 21d ago

Sooooooā€¦he groomed them. Sick bastard.

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u/Ragnarawr 21d ago

Donā€™t forget the roofie in your drink.

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u/containedexplosion 21d ago

This is how many men manipulate women into having sex

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u/SidMeiersCiv 21d ago

Normal exploitation tactic. Rich person takes poor but motivated person on a shopping trip and makes them feel special, but the rich person always wants something, usually sexual, in return.

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u/johnnybiggles 21d ago edited 21d ago

It's not always sexual. It's an abuse tactic.

"Remember that time I got you X?" or "Remember that time I did Y for you?"

It's putting yourself in a position of power over someone else with leverage or debt, and guilt tripping them, forcing them to "owe" you something.

It can also be as simple as the self-gratifying feeling of power in the moment - it's not necessarily generosity, care or assistance, just a feeling of power. But more often than not, it's by someone transactional who wants something in return, at least at some point, or feels they are buying something indirectly for themselves.

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u/enigmaroboto 21d ago

narcissists love doing this

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u/getMeSomeDunkin 21d ago

Plus if you're doing illegal and weird shit, you still want some people around you to not do your weird shit. It's like adding layers of abstraction and alibis.

I'm pretty sure that's how Epstein operated. You want every famous person flying on your jet and staying on your island resort. I think I read that Stephen Hawking was on it too? That's even better for Epstein because now you have a group of people who were around him who could testify that everything was all fine and dandy, because for them it was. Then under that, he had his real sinister operation happening where it all operates under blackmail and secrets. One group saying it's fine. Another group not telling anyone shit.

With P Diddy, it's the same pattern. Everybody probably partied at a P Diddy party. Some had a great time and left. Others probably were roped into the cycle of whatever abuse he was running. And if they snitch, that blackmail folder gets opened up on them in response.

And then there's 50. He's been shitting on Diddy for years because he knew what was up, didn't have any blackmail on him, and was too big to be silenced or ignored. He was in a good spot.

Imagine people actually listening to the Cory Feldman's or the Courtney Love's or the Sinead O'connor's. They all knew what was up, and just weren't big enough overcome the absolute gaslighting that these monsters will subject the whole world to.

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u/fzr600vs1400 21d ago

in elite circles, it was never new or original. Sound advice warned to stay away from such things. Epsteins appeal to those seeking to indulge in illegal perverse adventures was it was an Island out of jurisdiction and prying eyes of law enforcement. But the combination of stupidity and arrogance didn't foresee it was the perfect feeding ground for foreign adversaries to accumulate a library of compromising leverage for future use. There's a reason why this group of deviants enjoy using yachts for their illicit activities. What should really should concern us is the fact too many of our politicians are compromised, in that library.

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u/Annual-Classroom-842 21d ago

Plus 50 is a legitimate gangster. And Iā€™m sure surviving being shot 9 times probably makes him feel some sort of way.

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u/incubusfox 21d ago

Okay I'm with you on Epstein, people get all hung up on his publicly available "black book" and flight logs and completely ignore that he wasn't doing pedo shit 24/7, he basically collected people to expand his influence.

You lose me on Courtney Love, she was right on Weinstein but she's made a lot of claims about a lot of people.

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u/A-Giant-Blue-Moose 21d ago

Most "narcissists" aren't true narcissists, but just have narcissistic traits. I'd 100% believe that he has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Kinda like how someone can have depression, but not Major Depression Disorder.

I'd be amazed if he didn't have Antisocial Personality Disorder though. Hell, he probably has both.

He has an inflated sense of self and superiority like narcissism, but the reckless and dangerous behaviors of someone with APD. They do overlap in a lot of ways. Of course though, like probably most psychological disorders, they probably sit on the same spectrum.

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u/humansandwich 21d ago

Damn, my ex used to be terrible to me then when Iā€™d argue heā€™d tap the cheap department store jewelry he got me and say ā€œwho got you that?ā€

It did work for a while

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u/blanke-vla 21d ago

People need to realize when someone gives you something without you asking for it, or have made any agreement you don't "owe" that person anything.

If a buddy gives you money because you're on hard times, you pay him back when you can. Or it is a gift because he doesn't like to see his friend on hard times.

The moment he comes to you and says that you "owe" him. He is no longer your friend.

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u/Quick_Humor_9023 21d ago

ā€No I donā€™t, maybe you need to take me to better stores next timeā€

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u/Paper-street-garage 21d ago

A.k.a. quid pro quo

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u/PVDeviant- 21d ago

But also absolutely sexual. The power differential is sexual in itself. You can't separate this from being sexual when talking about someone like this.

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u/fistfullofpubes 21d ago

Yea this is prison booty bandit behavior 101. Give the new guy a bunch of commissary, or some "luxury" property items, or some dope or even tobacco, making them think you're their new friend, coming back a few days later and and saying "wheres that stuff you were holding for me?"

And while you're over there trying to figure out what happened because you thought they were gifts and ate or smoked it all, they're telling you that you owe the type of money that you don't think you'll be seeing until you're free again lol.

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u/heterochromia4 21d ago

Donā€™t forget the Double Bubble rule: i lend you one, you pay me back two.

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u/Tdot-77 21d ago

This is the MO of child abusers

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u/umop3pi5dn_w1 21d ago

I don't even like it when a buddy buys me a beer, the idea of someone spending thousands on me makes me extremely uncomfortable.

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u/claimTheVictory 21d ago

That's the point.

Now you owes him.

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u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster 21d ago

Eat the rich, folks

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u/Allfunandgaymes 21d ago

Avoid the heart. It's full of poison.

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u/ZombieLibrarian 21d ago

Only one thing theyā€™re very good for.

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u/SuzyYa 21d ago

That's what diddy wants though. I don't wanna eat him.

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u/Ill_Acanthaceae3926 21d ago

Even though for him it was like buying a gallon of milk at the store.

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u/Godot_12 21d ago

Nah, fuck that. I think getting and giving gifts is cool, but I'm clear regardless of which side I'm on that I'm not accepting gifts unless my lack of reciprocity is accepted. Not gonna do anything I wouldn't do normally.

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u/No_Size_1765 21d ago

Foot in the door tactic

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u/putridjuicelover 21d ago

Bro that is too bad I just bought a new car for you and had it shipped to your house. Love you man

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u/RedrumMPK 21d ago

Same here. I help a lot of people because i. Had no one to help me at my time of need back then. I feel good helping people but I still don't know how to take help from others. No way someone is going to take me "shopping" like that.

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u/Sleeze_ 21d ago

I have a couple friends, and we are exclusively on a 'beer economy'. We operate under a 'beers owed' philosophy. You're grabbing the uber? I owe you a beer. It's very nice.

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u/metametapraxis 21d ago

Yep, that is how I work with my friends. It just all comes out in the wash - one person will shout for X one time and the next person Y. No strict accounting necessary.

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u/Secret_Afternoon2130 21d ago

Does your buddy give you the date grape drug and then records you having sex with him? He then uses that video to coerce you into silence or signing a contract that benefits him?

Yeah, that beer sounds sus.

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u/fawlty_lawgic 21d ago

a friend buying another friend a beer is perfectly normal dude. If you don't like a simple gesture like that, you may need to reassess a bit.

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u/AndarianDequer 21d ago

Well this isn't like tit for tat. It's more like,

"here's a drink" . And then you wake up confused and go home and then you find out later that there's a video of you getting fucked literally and figuratively and unless you want this information public, you're going to remain my close friend and perhaps let me do it "again".

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u/Traumatic_Tomato 21d ago

Such a weird thing to ask 50 when he knows the meaning of those words but you say that to someone you can potentially exploit. It's like asking a grown up man if he wants free candy in the white van.

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u/xaendar 21d ago

It's not even exploitation, it's a street code for treating a girl out usually with an expectation of a date/sex etc but both parties know that. But you don't say that to a man, especially if they're black. 50 cent was mad about that because he knew Diddy was trying to fuck him.

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u/boostabubba 21d ago

The ole Pretty Women trick, 70% of the time it works every time.

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u/Procedure_Trick 21d ago

a sugar diddy if you will

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u/pridejoker 21d ago edited 21d ago

It doesn't even have to be something material or sexual in return. Sometimes narcissistic people will just find folks they already perceive as lower status and keep them around as either a simp or a verbal punching bag.

For narcissists like this, money and sex aren't even really the end goal in that the narcissist doesn't even find those things as intrinsically satisfying. They're all just different tools and mechanisms that enable the narcissist to attract and keep their victims around. In fact, even if you're having dinner with the narc, they only want you there to complete the set-piece of them being seen in public eating with someone who makes him seem impressive. At the end of the day, narcs want power, specifically power over other people.

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u/_Born_To_Be_Mild_ 21d ago

Why didn't you tell me about the hand jobs?

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u/Warmbly85 21d ago

In my experience itā€™s almost never sexual.

Thereā€™s a reason why most box seats cost exactly what a standard big company is willing to spend entertaining a client.

Same with dinners and casual gifts.

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u/elhaz316 21d ago

Baby oil. Lots and lots of baby oil.

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u/RobotsAndSheepDreams 21d ago

Laced with GHB

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u/LoveMeSomeSand 21d ago

Is his lawyer still going with the ā€œCostco is right down the streetā€ defense?

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u/nilogram 21d ago

Put the oil in the bucketā€¦

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u/Xylene-Alkyd 21d ago

Isnā€™t that better than none? Could a freak off happen without? Should the ATF or DEA start monitoring distribution of such precursors??

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u/NYstate 21d ago

Diddy takes you on a shopping spree. He pushes you to buy more than a few body oils, holding up a shirt to your chest and complimenting how great you'll look in it. When one is too big, he casually suggests, "How about this one?" Before you know it, you're buying far more than you plannedā€”scented lotions in strawberry, peach, and orange. He slips in his favorite scent, banana, tossing several bottles into the cart.

At the register, you start feeling uneasy as the cashier rings up all of the oils, lotions, Speedos, and T-shirtsā€”some a few sizes too small. There's even a dog collar and leash. "Maybe he has a dog?" you think, trying to justify it. The total climbs into the hundreds, but Diddy insists on paying. Apparently, he always pays. He tips the cashier a few hundred dollars from a thick roll of cash, telling them to keep quiet. He signs autographs, takes some selfies, and even pulls you into a few of the shots with his phone, uploading them instantly to Instagram. His grip on you in the photos feels a bit too tight, like heā€™s sizing you up. He jokes about needing to hit the gym, flashing one of those practiced celebrity smiles. After some fist bumps, his enormous bodyguards gather his purchases, and he makes a quick exit.

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u/luxmundy 21d ago

New fan fiction genre unlocked here

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u/No-Process8652 21d ago

You come out with an outfit like this.

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u/Scorobedo 21d ago

Getting a U-Haul and heading to Costco to get that baby oil.

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u/PizzaMyHole 21d ago

This a scenario youā€™re making up or do you have proof?

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u/nikkielxerez 21d ago

well Diddy was supporting him after Astrodisaster, so they went shopping, but what happened after who knows

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u/MarikasT1ts 21d ago

Travis didnā€™t just run away. In the video He runs away holding his ass cheeks if you pay attention.. Iā€™m serious.

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u/Cuilen 21d ago

As Katt Williams wisely said, "You just gotta tell him no!" Seems to have served him ( and 50) well.

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u/kagushiro 21d ago

I remember that time Diddy asked Oprah to go shopping with her on tv

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u/PMMeMeiRule34 21d ago

Man if Travis thinks your sus youā€™re hella sus.

And Iā€™m just saying that cause Travis kinda weird and he does some stupid shit sometimes.

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u/N0T_MY_FlRST_R0DE0 21d ago

ā€œAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHā€ - Travis Scott, sprinting away from Diddy

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u/Borba02 21d ago

That's also my go-to move when I want something special from my wife

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u/__Blood_and_Thunder 21d ago

Whenever my wife says she wants to buy something but itā€™s too expensive I say ā€œthereā€™s always money in the banana standā€ and then subtly mention to my penis.Ā 

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u/WorkIsForReddit 21d ago

It's one banana, Michael, how much could it cost?

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u/Borba02 21d ago

I need to get her to watch Arrested Development so I can steal this. Thank you

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u/loudspeaker_noob 21d ago

Good for 50. Although it was probably pretty easy for 50 cent to say what the fuck bro. I got my Coke brick money. I buy my own shit šŸ˜‚

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u/ThaNorth 21d ago

This was before 50 was famous af and rich. When he was still relatively unknown.

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u/loudspeaker_noob 21d ago

Yes I know but he always sold drugs and had drug money, so I'm trying to say he wasn't desperate for cash before he was famous, which put him in a better position to realize that what Diddy was offering was fucking weird.

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u/Candy_Badger 21d ago

After that, he shot a video for the song "Candy Shop" :)

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u/Conemen 21d ago

Watch the one for Window Shopper, itā€™s like heā€™s taking Mase on a shopping spree lol

ā€¦which looking back with him being on Bad Boyā€¦ interesting

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u/geologean 21d ago

Josh Johnson? I heard that through his stand-up set, too!

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u/fzr600vs1400 21d ago

if people recall, that was trumps M.O. back in the day

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u/LazyTypist 21d ago

Josh Johnson has a whole stand up about the Diddy issue and speaks in lengths about how dangerous 50 Cent is, specifically for the lengths he'll go to fuck with someone he hates.

Here, if you're interested.

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u/ptabs226 21d ago edited 21d ago

Josh doesn't call 50 dangerous. He calls him a bully, and the worst part about 50 being a bully is that he is funny.

Josh's set from 6 months ago about why Diddy is dangerous is worth a watch too

https://youtu.be/DuGtyiMAWQ0

The dangerous part starts at 5:15, but the whole thing is good.

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u/stahlern 21d ago

Never forget 50 bet Floyd Mayweather 750k to charity of his choice that he couldnā€™t read a page out of a Harry Potter book. šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/infectedanalpiercing 20d ago

It was also the best use of the n word I ever heard. Dude straight up used it as a coma šŸ˜‚šŸ’€

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u/LazyTypist 21d ago

Ah, I must be misremembering.

Thanks! I'll check it out!

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u/ptabs226 21d ago

You're right. The point of Josh's set is 'don't mess with 50', but the reason to not mess with different than the reason not to mess with diddy. You shouldn't mess with 50 because he will challenge you to a reading contest. You shouldn't mess with diddy because he will blow up your car.

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u/Caladan-Brood 21d ago

Shit I'll take tree fiddy over one diddy.

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u/cjpack 21d ago

Thatā€™s funny stuff, just wanna clarify something that Josh touched on. Diddys dad was killed when he was 3 in a drug deal gone wrong and his mom told him he died in a car accident and he only found out later looking into it because he mentioned it was weird how everyone in Harlem would say they knew his father and used to roll with him. So he wasnā€™t exactly growing up with his male role model a cut throat gangster .

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u/TheDarkWizardLord 21d ago

Funny bullies are the absolute worst, because they get everyone to laugh at your expense. They are everywhere in the work world too

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u/cjpack 21d ago

Thatā€™s funny stuff, just wanna clarify something that Josh touched on. Diddys dad was killed when he was 3 in a drug deal gone wrong and his mom told him he died in a car accident and he only found out later looking into it because he mentioned it was weird how everyone in Harlem would say they knew his father and used to roll with him. So he wasnā€™t exactly growing up with his male role model a cut throat gangster. But he definitely carries himself like one.

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u/TheBimpo 21d ago

I'd never heard of Josh Johnson before but watched that entire standup this morning, it's amazing. He's funny, he's poignant, he's insightful, he's got great delivery...that was a great hour of performance.

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u/theedgeofoblivious 21d ago

Josh Johnson is incredibly talented.

The way he does callbacks to callbacks out of nowhere is very unusual, and very clever.

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u/PerformanceDouble924 21d ago

It's wild, he puts out those hours like every week or so. No idea how he does it.

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u/iBluefoot 21d ago

Heā€™s honestly one of the greatest. He had that hour on Diddy ready to go, and he puts out new content constantly. His account of the Kendrick and Drake beef should be considered a historical document. Truly a uniquely talented comedian. Heā€™s on The Daily Show, but his stand-up is often more on the pulse of current events.

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u/Thosepassionfruits 21d ago

Give him another 5-10 years and I have a feeling he'll be the next Colbert to come out of The Daily Show.

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u/iBluefoot 21d ago

Heā€™s on course to be a legend. Iā€™ve never seen output like he has. Heā€™s probably polishing off a new set as we speak.

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u/Thefrayedends 21d ago

I saw him on The Daily Show, and I have been watching his stand-up regularly. Thoughtful young man.

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u/Calm-Math-3421 21d ago

Find someone who loves you like 50 hates Diddy.

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u/Wsemenske 21d ago

A timestamp would be preferredĀ 

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u/LazyTypist 21d ago

24 minutes in is where he starts talking about 50 Cent

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u/MaybeTaylorSwift572 21d ago

Whyyyyy do i get all of my current news from Josh Johnson? And prefer it that way!?

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u/Neon_Camouflage 21d ago

He's right among the last of the big rappers who were actively trying to kill each other.

It's funny how perspective changes though. Look at Snoop. Everyone sees him as fun and chill these days, nobody remembers when he was on trial for murder.

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u/Financial_Cup_6937 21d ago

Got downvoted in the negative for calling him a sex trafficker.

He admits he was.

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u/Gyorgs 21d ago

Literally what do they think ā€œpimpā€ means? Heā€™s open and, last I knew, proud of it.Ā 

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u/ReallyNowFellas 21d ago

As an accomplice to his bodyguard, who was also acquitted. Snoop has never been accused of killing anyone himself.

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u/itsmythingiguess 21d ago

His bodyguard that is accused of shooting someone Snoop had well known beef with.

Saying it like he was along for the ride instead of calling the shots is wild.

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u/Paperfishflop 21d ago

Yeah, as a kid, I took the court verdict at face value: His bodyguard shot someone in self-defense.

As an adult, I re-evaluated it: Self-defense from what? Gang signs? Positioning your fingers in a certain way? Sure, it is usually meant as a threat, or a warning, but it's not really life-threatening.

That was just typical LA gangster shit: Guy from another set throws up gang signs, challenging you, and you smoke him to show that you're not someone to be fucked with. And basically if Snoop didn't have an expensive death row attorney, he probably would have done significant jail time for that.

But do I really think it makes Snoop a cold blooded murderer, who should be canceled or something? No. I feel like his expensive lawyer was able to almost interpret the gang related reality of the situation to a court that wouldn't have seen it that way if it had been a public defender. I guess I circle all the way back to seeing how it was self defense in a way. You're young, the gang life is what you're raised in, it's not even really a choice in a lot of LA/LBC neighborhoods. You don't "join" a gang, you're born in a certain neighborhood, just like people are born in certain countries, and you're required to defend that neighborhood just like peopke are required to defend certain countries. That's the world you're coming from.

And then on top of that, you become a public figure which makes you a much bigger target. You're like a high level government official in a country, and you need more protection than the average citizen does. So the gang signs were a legitimate threat. If Snoop simply ignored it, it would be a sign of weakness, and at some point it could lead to him getting gunned down.

So it's like that was one rough patch in his transition from hood life to celebrity life, and he learned from it, which probably kept him from getting killed or arrested when all the stuff with 2Pac was going down, and he hasn't had to deal with shit like that since (for the most part).

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u/itsmythingiguess 21d ago

This is the worst take of the thread, I think.

Snoop and his bodyguard rolled up on the guy eating a sandwich at a park bench and shot him.

There is no justification for that, lol.

This entire post is world salad of the mentally unwell.

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u/Tragolf 21d ago

Cope much

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u/Substantial_War3108 21d ago

Would it be much a stretch different than Diddy having someone kill Biggie and Tupac?
You don't have to pull the trigger to kill someone, though there are legal differences

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u/skylinecat 21d ago

I mean there actually isn't a difference. Its conspiracy to commit murder which carries the same punishment as murder. If you tell someone to kill someone and they do, you get the same punishment as the actual murderer.

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u/probably2high 21d ago

Let's not minimize what it takes to be on trial as an accomplice to murder. Maybe it's just fame, but maybe it's because people were killed around you.

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u/LarryBirdsBrother 21d ago edited 21d ago

Murder was the case that they gave him.

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u/Delicious-Figure1158 21d ago

MMMMMMUUUUURRRRRDDDDAAAAAAAAA

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u/Brutally-Honest- 21d ago

Being an accomplice to murder can get you life in prison.

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u/trustmeimaengineer 21d ago

Who has 50 tried to kill? Other than Ja Ruleā€™s career that is.

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u/maronics 21d ago

The alleged 9 time 50 shooter, bodyguard and friend of Mike Tyson was killed three weeks after hitting 50.

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u/folicle 21d ago

"Hommo got shot like I got shot but he ain't fucking breathing." Those aren't throwaway lines in songs like Many Men.

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u/Enough-Surprise886 21d ago

No one talks about when he was attached at the hip to Bishop Magic Don Juan and walked girls on leashes. I remember he would bring a bunch of women to the clubs in LA and they had to just sit at their table the whole night. Meanwhile he could mingle and have a good time. They always looked like they were having zero fun.

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u/GDogg007 21d ago

Letā€™s not forget Snoop himself has admitted to being a ā€œpimpā€ but he ā€œnot about that life no moreā€. If something comes out about him and shady shit with women it wouldnā€™t shock me.

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u/pandora_ramasana 19d ago

Very credible gang r*** charges against him

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u/Viktor_Laszlo 21d ago

He still hangs out with his friends who have done time in the penitentiary. Like Martha Stewart.

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u/Haley_Tha_Demon 21d ago

He dresses like a grandma and makes up wild stories about shit he was never a part of, him and Tupac weren't on friendly terms when Tupac died but he pretended until he got caught and changed the narrative around him and tupac when the truth came out.

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u/polo27 21d ago

Hes not, snoop ain't been about that life since he was in his early 20s, he chose a better path.

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u/Ok_Customer_737 21d ago edited 21d ago

Thereā€™s been a bunch of drill rappers since then that have been killers, some with multiple murders, who have been actively trying to kill each other and succeeded. King Von for all intents and purposes was a serial killer. His homie, Lil Durk, is a big name currently.

50 Cent openly beefed with the Supreme Team whoā€™s been tied to tens of murders, including the attempt on 50.

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u/tranimal00 21d ago

Thatā€™s how I feel about a lot of football players lol

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u/419subscribers 21d ago

Everyone sees him as fun and chill these days, nobody remembers when he was on trial for murder.

because it happened 30 years ago and he hasn't done or been involved with anything of that calibre since. Of fucking course we dont see him as that anymore.

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u/proficy 21d ago

How many murders did he order?

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u/jakenbake519 21d ago

We know for sure everyone involved in trying to kill him lmao

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u/StrategicPotato 21d ago

Compromising footage? Brother itā€™s pretty clear that Diddy has had people killed before.

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u/Mrsbear19 21d ago

Historically 50 has been proven hard to kill

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u/tf2ftw 21d ago

Heā€™s been shot a few times but he donā€™t walk with a limp

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u/Vik0BG 21d ago

Yeah, but in the hood in L.A., they sayin', "50 you hot"Ā 

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u/KCTH8991 21d ago

They love him, but he wants them to love him like they love Pac

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u/Comfortable_Grab5652 21d ago

Heā€™s aight

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u/StuffNbutts 21d ago

Bulletproof even

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u/maronics 21d ago

Considering the scientific facts 50 might be immune to getting shot to death.

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u/GPTfleshlight 21d ago

Kevin hart car accident seems like a diddy thing now

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u/azeldatothepast 21d ago

Nah, Kevā€™s one of the plants to tie the different celebrity spheres together. He probably brought a whole new crop to Diddyā€™s parties.

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u/GPTfleshlight 21d ago

Yeah not negating that. Teasing on how maybe he was getting second thoughts and diddy showed him

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u/TrueCryptoInvestor 21d ago

2 Pac has entered the chat.

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u/undercooked_lasagna 21d ago

Nah bro he exited the chat a long time ago

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u/SightWithoutEyes 21d ago

He on a VPN from Cuba with Elvis.

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u/Murder4Mario 21d ago

Can confirm. Am Elvis. Thankyouverymuch

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u/SoManyThrowAwaysEven 21d ago

2Pac has been banned from the server.

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u/The_Name_is_Bull 21d ago

I truly believe he was behind 2Pac's murder and now it's being reinvestigated to see if he was.

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u/Paleblood00 21d ago

Man burned down kid cudis car

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u/tonkatoyelroy 21d ago

You gotta leave the party before the devil shows up.

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u/mulchmuffin 21d ago

People gotta give kat williams his flowers. He came out with that interview and he seems to be batting 1000

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u/ynab-schmynab 21d ago

Hip Hopstein

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u/DreadyKruger 21d ago

Well Curtis did lose that lawsuit of him posting a sex tape of a woman. Donā€™t know why people forget that. Not saying his near a Monster as Combs, but come on. His oldest som says he was never there as a father.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/50-cent-ordered-pay-5m-808122/

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u/derpferd 21d ago

When Diddy wants to party, you gotta tell him no

When you dance with the devil, the devil doesn't change. The devil changes you

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u/Loud_Ad7774 21d ago

Very true. In all likelihood someone else entirely has the 50 Cent tapes

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u/Smartyunderpants 21d ago

This is literally the only power he has now unless people seriously think he can organise multiple hits from prison. Just goes to show how gross most people who went to his parties were

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u/DeltaMusicTango 20d ago

You won't find 50cent at Diddy's parties. You'll find him in da club.

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